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I was recently at a party and a nice woman I met did the following. My cup was full of soda; hers was empty. She leaned over and poured half of mine into hers.
She then said it was a sign of trust that I didn't have any diseases.
I thought it was just wonderful.
Any similar cool mannerisms you've encountered?
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I'm trying to imagine pulling that one off. (Assuming I wasn't married and the sort to take social risks.)
Me, taking drink: "Do you mind?" Her, as I pour: "Um, y-...whatever." Me, handing drink back: "This is a sign of trust. *wink* That you don't have any diseases." [the following are the three most likely branches of this scenario]
[A] Her: <10 seconds of silence> Her: "I'm trying to figure out whether you think I look likely to have diseases, or whether you think that it's likely that we're going to be doing anything else where that'd be important. Well? Was the insult that I'm diseased looking, or easy looking?"
[B] Her, handing back half empty drink: "Sorry, I don't think I have the same degree of trust. I'm going to wash this hand now."
[C] Her, after waiting for me to take a sip: "I have diseases. Do you want to know what they are?"
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Looking at the original post, yes, it does sound salacious. But I assure you that it was with a much older, family friend whom I already knew.
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quote:Originally posted by scifibum: I'm trying to imagine pulling that one off. (Assuming I wasn't married and the sort to take social risks.)
Me, taking drink: "Do you mind?" Her, as I pour: "Um, y-...whatever." Me, handing drink back: "This is a sign of trust. *wink* That you don't have any diseases." [the following are the three most likely branches of this scenario]...
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[B] sounds like something straight out of xkcd. Seriously. Actually, so does [C]. Is that you, Randall?
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quote:Originally posted by Phanto: I was recently at a party and a nice woman I met did the following. My cup was full of soda; hers was empty. She leaned over and poured half of mine into hers.
She then said it was a sign of trust that I didn't have any diseases.
I thought it was just wonderful.
Any similar cool mannerisms you've encountered?
You should have pushed it a step further and swapped glasses with her then said, "Now the trust is mutual."
I don't know how many times I've said to my wife when she doesn't want to share drinks, "You kiss me all the time!" Obviously if you get the drink trust thing down the kissing must soon follow.
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quote:Originally posted by Phanto: Looking at the original post, yes, it does sound salacious. But I assure you that it was with a much older, family friend whom I already knew.
That is so cool that you know Anne Bancroft...
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A cousin introduced me over the summer, and we sat on the deck at a family function going through comics, laughing while everyone else present was clueless. Great bonding experience.
quote:Originally posted by lobo: Thanks. I read a few. I can see why they couldn't get into the paper...
quote: I must be getting old
Yup.
(To clarify, this is more a comment on the attitude that success for a comic is equivalent to getting syndicated, and less about lobo's appreciation of the comic itself.)
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